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Dear Brother
A golden bowl, on the right hand
A silver bowl, on the left
Never equal without the other
Those two bowls in each of us;
Those two invisible bowls.
The golden bowl, filled with happiness
Shines with a warm radiance
The overflowing love I've felt since I met you
Couldn't possibly be held in the golden bowl
A golden rapture,
A silver sadness
Let us lay down everything that has passed
So that only you may be held, So that only love may be held,
Let us empty those twin bowls.
By an absolute majority of common voting,
We have decided to dismiss Shinobu Mariko's membership.
This is questionable. This is too cruel!
This is too unjust.
Why aren't you asking for Shinobu's opinion?
Misonoo, watch your mouth!
Do you even realize what you're saying now?
I shall quit the Sorority too.
Right now, right here.
I'm quitting the Sorority right now, right here!
Episode 29 The Assembly.
Huh? You quit? The Sorority?
Yeah, I quit. Just now.
Mariko was expelled,
So I just followed suit.
I've been thinking to do this for a long time, anyway.
Hey, which cake should we get?
See, for Mariko.
Y-Yeah...
Wow, Cranberry Cheesecake! I wanted to try this forever!
That's good.
-I'm so glad. -Tomoko picked it!
Tomoko, thank you!
Heh. It's not everyday.
Come here, Tomoko. Let's eat together.
Y-Yeah... Maybe later.
What's wrong with Tomoko?
Sometimes she's weird. Tomoko.
Ah, two or three forlorn seagulls
Head to the West, looking for nests.
Right?
Thank you, Tomoko.
It's okay. I was prepared to be expelled, anyway.
There was a call a while ago.
That voice, I wonder whether it was Lady Mona Lisa?
She said, "Your expulsion from the Sorority was effective since yesterday."
Who cares.
Don't worry about it. I'm totally fine now.
You see, I didn't think of the Sorority the tiniest bit.
I wasn't bound to be there anyway,
and I didn't like associating with snobs in the first place.
But I know that Nanako went through a lot
and had her own trials,
and tried her best!
Huh?
Tomoko, I'm really okay.
Really? Crying and bawling on the swing,
Is that all fine now? Did you forget it all?
I forgot. Completely.
Didn't I tell you I've been thinking about quitting the Sorority since before?
Nanako, you quit the Sorority?!
Yeah!
Because of me?
No!
Sorry...
I told you that's not it!
Oh, please.
What, Tomoko, what? What are you so regretting about?
If Nanako says she's fine, then that's okay. That's enough.
Right, let's stop it here!
-Tomoko? -Tomoko...
Let's have some cake!
Delicious!
So that's what it was all about, huh? The Sorority?
Huh?
Fine. Since the ex-Sorority members are saying so...
I thought there was something more to the Sorority.
Fine, it's fine now.
I have no idea what Tomoko is talking about...
It's good! Is this Darjeeling?
Brother
The school finally announced Mariko's punishment.
A three-month suspension.
What a nonsense?!
What exactly is the school thinking?
Confining a blooming youth,
How does it do anyone good?
In the first place,
This was all because of those bad-tempered gang's vulgar gossips!
Bad-tempered gang? Who are you talking about?
Misaki got a serious injury!
She could have lost her life!
You're saying you're taking the attempted murderer's side?
That's right. Problems?
Saying that she could have lost her life...
That's going too far!
Oh my, how arrogant you are, even after getting expelled from the Sorority!
Tomoko!
I just can't stand this kind of jerks!
Trying me, huh?!
It hurts, fool!
-I'm going to be serious! -Don't make me laugh. That's my line!
Don't you think you're the only one who can stop that?
What?
Come on, hurry up.
Stop it!
Please, stop it!
How unusual, coming to listen to my piano.
I have something to discuss with you.
Sure, what would this be about?
Do you know? Misonoo Nanako quit the Sorority.
The rumour reached my place as well.
So?
Hmm...
What's the discussion?
Well, not today, I guess.
What's wrong? You're making me curious.
Sooner or later,
I'll discuss it with you before I carry it out.
I'll... wait.
-Do you feel pain? -Yes, sometimes, a little bit.
The pain must come at shorter intervals, no?
I want you to be honest, and precise.
You see...
Yes!
I'm sure it's the girls!
-Welcome! -Good afternoon!
We dropped in again!
My, Tomoko, what's up with your face?
Just normal rashes. I have atopy, you see.
We've done up to addition theorem for Algebraic Geometry,
and, about today's English Language,
we've done it until here, and you need to pay attention to...
It's okay, Nanako. You don't need to.
Huh?
I'm not going to be able to attend the classes for three months, anyway.
But...
I'm very glad you visit me everyday.
But no studying.
It won't get into my head, anyway.
By the way, how's that girl? Misaki.
Sh-she came to school today.
I saw her.
Really?
I didn't get along with Misaki since junior high
and I kept thinking there won't ever be anyone who I would hate more than her.
Attention-seeking, conceited, bad-tempered,
stubborn, selfish...
and above all, monophobic beyond help!
But yesterday, I couldn't sleep
and kept staring into the frightening darkness,
thinking about Misaki.
I realized then...
that she and I were so much alike.
What I hated so much about her
were actually what we had in common!
I...
How could I do such a terrible thing...!
Mariko!
Mariko, calm down, Mariko!
I'm sorry...
I'm sorry, Misaki!
Why? What's up, Halloween?
I see, you were waiting for me to come home.
I see, thanks, Halloween, thank you...
Brother,
The one causing the scar, the one scarred,
I wonder who has been hurt more?
Suspension, expulsion; such superficial things
do not help at all.
I think they're all useless.
What I wanted to say yesterday
I thought it's better to tell Rei, after all.
You know, someone's napping over here, don't you think you're too selfish?
About this student assembly...
Don't disturb.
In this student assembly,
I'm planning to petition for the Sorority's abolition.
What did you say?
Do you have any business with me?
No, not really.
Then please go back.
You can't just ride the club's horse freely.
I received permission. Properly.
Is that so?
Would you like to have a match with me?
Abolish the Sorority?
You aren't serious, are you?
I am serious.
Never more than this.
Why?
Sorority isn't your business, is it?
Why do such unnecessary thing?
Unnecessary? I don't think so.
In the first place, it's strange that
the Sorority kept existing until now.
How heartless...
Heartless?
You see, the Sorority is...
The Sorority is... Lady Fukiko herself!
It's just a vestige of American custom!
It's nothing beyond that.
She may be the leader of such society,
But she may not be the society itself!
It's her pride!
It's the last shred of dignity that she still has!
Sorry. I shouldn't have discussed this with you.
I'll do this alone.
No! I won't let you.
If I could protect her honour,
I can even throw my life away!
You're strong, Rei.
You see, I cherish mine.
My life is so dear, very dear, so precious that I can't stand it.
My victory, Rei.
Yes, Lady Fukiko!
It was a weird day.
The many doves that were always in the school... suddenly disappeared.
I didn't hear even a single flapping of wings since morning.
Though it could be that I was the only one who realized this.
Brother, the student assembly commenced that afternoon.
-Hey, Tomoko. -Hmm?
-You know, the doves? -Doves? What about doves?
Then we shall commence the first student assembly
commemorating the 90th year of the school's foundation.
First, the chairwoman will read the items on the agenda.
Something about the doves?
Not really, it's fine.
Report on the first semester's sports teams and student clubs' activities.
Do you want to call Mariko out today?
Yeah, she's been holed up in the house all along recently.
-How about Fairy Land? -Yeah. That's good.
...That would be all.
Now we will proceed into the discussion of each items.
Chairwoman!
I have a proposal.
Please go on, Class 1-B's Orihara Kaoru.
You may speak.
Thank you, Chairwoman.
Well then, I propose the Sorority to be abolished!
...Pardon me. Could you repeat that once more?
I propose the abolition of the Sorority!
Prince Kaoru...
Silence, please maintain your silence!
Sorority's abolition... you said?
Exactly.
I propose that we discuss that subject!
I regret to say that I must dismiss that proposal.
Why?
Why, because the Sorority is Seiran's traditional...
Traditional human trafficking system?
Human trafficking?
What do you mean by human trafficking?
It means you are charging a price on a person!
In order to sell yourselves expensively to the world before long,
you advertise yourselves as luxury goods,
you think you are distinguished from other students.
And, for that ridiculous superiority complex,
Every single year, countless freshmen
fight and hurt each other to enter the Sorority!
That kind of Sorority... We're better off without it!
We should abolish it immediately!
That's right! Just as Prince Kaoru said!
Getting special treatment for everything, Sorority is just unfair!
It's a caste system, there's no mistake!
What nonsense! Sorority makes Seiran what it is!
I'm for the abolition!
I'm against it! I disagree!
-The doves! -Huh?
The doves have returned, Brother.
Order, everyone, order!
Please shut up!
If anyone wishes to raise an objection, do so with the Chairwoman's permission!
I forbid anyone to speak otherwise!
I propose a replacement of the Chairwoman!
The current Chairwoman is unable
to maintain composure about the current agenda.
I request the Chairwoman to be replaced
to a student independent from the Sorority!
Rei...
That's right! It's absurd
that the Sorority's leader is also a head girl!
You should step down as the head girl first!
Let's stop the Sorority from controlling the student assembly!
Chairwoman replacement!
Chairwoman replacement!
This matter...
is not something we can decide between ourselves!
We need the school board of directors, faculty,
and also the alumni association's opinions!
We must not be manipulated by an emotional provocation!
Emotional or not,
We're confident that we can collect more than two thirds of the whole student body's signatures!
Please do,
If you think you can break
the supremacy of a long-time tradition with that!
Brother, the stormy student assembly of that day was finally closed.
But, even without any decision,
even without any outcome,
something was definitely set in motion that day.
I kept thinking, after that,
about what could be the best for her.
and I made a decision.
That's why I helped you.
She is beautiful and dignified enough
even without standing in the middle of a rose garden.
If she clings to the thorny rose bushes instead,
One day, she would hurt her own pride.
That's how I thought...
I want her to remain beautiful
and dignified just as herself.
Because she is!
I dreamt an awesome dream last Sunday
But when it saw you,
Surprised, the dream just flew away
I would never lose
So just for you
I have rushed and tried so hard
This feeling of love, staying in my heart
bewildered by the mischievous fairies' game
dances to and fro, always capricious